Lee Siew Mei v 1. ) Shereen Lim Binti Abdullah 2. ) Tan Wai Ping 3. ) Aida Phang Abdullah 4. ) Chew Chin Swee 5. ) Dato' Ngiam Foon

wa-23cy-25-04-2021 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 24 June 2025 • WA-23CY-25-04/2021

Catchwords

Whether Statement 1, particularly those in bold dated 20.2.2019 has been distributed and/ or caused to be distributed by Carol? - Whether it refers to Aida and if so, whether it is defamatory? - Whether Carol can rely on the defence of justification and/ or fair comment? - Whether the Statement, particularly those in bold in the letter dated 14.4.2019 refers to Aida, Wai Ping, Shereen, Chew and Dato’ Ngiam as a whole and/ or individually and if so, whether it is defamatory? - Whether Carol can rely on the defence of justification, fair comment and/ or qualified privilege? - Whether Statement 8 dated 16.4.2019 refers to Carol and if so, whether it is defamatory? - Whether Chew can rely on the defence of justification and/ or fair comment? - Whether it was published by Chew against Carol maliciously? - Whether Statement 9 dated 13.4.2019 was authored, written, published and/ or posted by Shereen, Wai Ping, Aida, Chew or Dato’ Ngiam? - Whether it refers to Carol and if so, whether it is defamatory? - Whether Shereen, Wai Ping, Aida, Chew and Dato’ Ngiam can rely on the defence of justification and/ or fair comment? - Whether it was published against Carol maliciously?

Practice Areas

Whether Statement 1, particularly those in bold dated 20.2.2019 has been distributed and/ or caused to be distributed by Carol?

Judges (1)

Aliza binti Sulaiman Delivered

Parties (6)

Aida Phang Abdullah Defendant Chew Chin Swee Defendant Dato' Ngiam Foon Defendant Lee Siew Mei Plaintiff Shereen Lim binti Abdullah Defendant Tan Wai Ping Defendant

Case Significance

Lee Siew Mei v 1. ) Shereen Lim Binti Abdullah 2. ) Tan Wai Ping 3. ) Aida Ph... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated June 24, 2025 (citation: wa-23cy-25-04-2021). The case was decided by Aliza binti Sulaiman.

What was the outcome of Lee Siew Mei v 1. ) Shereen Lim Binti Abdullah 2. ) Tan Wai Ping 3. ) Aida Ph...?

Lee Siew Mei v 1. ) Shereen Lim Binti Abdullah 2. ) Tan Wai Ping 3. ) Aida Ph... is a High Court decision dated June 24, 2025. The case was heard by Aliza binti Sulaiman. See the full judgment for details.